The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-30
suppose yon arc not too tnc a lady to

suppose you are not too flnc n lady TO
know what work meansf'
II had been then, all was corrected 10y
now During these seven years | have
worked hard and lived hard.
Yet there are those who say that OLD
Peter Glennie is worth half million OF
money.
Nv golden week Of happiness Is gone;
but although William IS gone | am
strangely content
do not regret the step have taken.
Since the morning after my marriage
my uncle had been better and quieter
ola Mr. Balnes. the lawyer, had been
with him fun hour that morning, and
old JENKINS had been called iuto his room
to sign his name TO some document, to-
gether with the hired nurse
ole Is n miserable old man, " che said 70
me the same day ~ suppose it's his
viii we signed. What n grudge he
seems 20 have against marriage. He
growls continually, even IN his sleep,
about fools getting married"
"Ah" I said; "he has never married"
"No, she laughed Il should not say
any one was the loser by that either"
He had called her al this moment, and !
was left alone 10 ovcrhear a conversation
between old JENKINS and Betty, who, be-
ing both deaf, were talking over the same
matter in the kitchen.
All, well Betty, it's hard day for the
farm when Mr. William goes away; and
hOwn the old master do wi q new stew
ard 40 his tonne o. life, / wonder"
ole knows what he's about, never yOu
D. & HON lta
don't know a-lctting him 90 is the ony
way o preventin' a marriage between he
and Mss Nora1 IIal bal hai'
As hear her cunning old laugh Mt my
expense / sit hugging my love to my
heart
Old Betty always owed me a grudge for
coming 10 Norlmgton Farm, although she
bad been compelled to show me ordinary
civility
How little she knew we were married
only yesterday, under her very nose, as 1t
were
So far ] had deceived him and the few
other Deople knew-deceived him
thr0ngh his own hardness for so far as ]
was concerned ] would have told him, only
knew and my husband knew that any
sudden shock would IN all probability kin
him.
We should have parted and kept true
faith with e1ch other if my strength had
not been weakened when that good offer
tO ego 90 Canada had come so suddenly.
Then he had prayed me to marry him be-
fore he started, so that il my uncle died l
might no once come ont 20 him as his
wife.
And now William was gone. The ship
had sailed and ! was alone; but happier
far than as if had denied him bis prayer
Since the day after my marriage, when
Mr.. Baincs had been with my uncle, he
had been quieter, but strangely anxious
not to let me ont OF his sight.
All through The week ! had not been
once out of the house OF this be seemed
90 take fun care boy keeping me near him
by every pretense he could think or
The ship had sailed only one week when
my uncle died suddenly, and then on the
day of his lonely funeral came the reading
of Che old mi5cr's viii
came down with my wedding ring ex-
posed for the first time.
10 was noticed az once.
Miss Gleunie and Mr.. Baines looked
aghast at me The doctor who had at
tended my poor uncle looked Mortified, as
we'll he might, knowing that il meant dis
Inheritance 10 me If / married.
Old Bettys eyes had wicked CLEAN in
them as she said, perhaps You didn't
know. You and William Maplesou, that
you'd lose everything if you marredF'
I'VE did not care TO think Of it,, - said
81 should have sailed with him had not
my duty kept me with your master
AT that moment / could not say ''my
uncle. old Betty looked so malicious.
And so." she said, you have gone
and lost a fortune-lost fortune TO get
marredr
cannot describe the insolent sheer with
which She Missed ont The words
81 made his will the 21th OF this month,
ms dear lady, dccreeing 1t so. When
were you marriedW
on The 26th Mr. Banes"
The old gentleman stared at me; then
RAPIDLY read the short viii.
/ was TO be dlsinherited Of more than
half q million Of money If married from
that date-s0 10 wOrdcd.
was married the day before